Klamydia’s Show at Vantaa’s Tulisuudelma: A Complete Disaster, Vesku Jokinen Admits His Mistake | Review & Guide

Well, here we are. Sadly, the worst fear of many Finnish rock fans came true. Everyone in Vantaa was expecting an explosive tour opener, but in the end, the Klamydia show at Vantaa’s Tulisuudelma was so bad you’d want your money back. And that’s not even an exaggeration.

Now that a couple of days have passed, I can honestly say I haven’t seen such a shambles in years. The gig was meant to be the kick-off for a fresh spring, but it turned out to be more like a straight nosedive into the mud. Vesku Jokinen himself admitted the next morning what everyone in the crowd already knew: the man was in an absolutely terrible state. “I was bloody drunk and I was bloody shit,” Jokinen wrote in his typically blunt fashion on his social media, and there was nothing more to add.

Why Was This a Total Fiasco? Here’s the Straight Review

Expectations were high, but from the very first songs, the atmosphere in front of the stage turned awkward. This is the point where we give you the Klamydia show at Vantaa’s Tulisuudelma review – and it’s cold, hard truth. According to eyewitnesses, Vesku wasn’t just slurring; things got completely unhinged. Fingers were flipped, the audience was called “a bunch of arseholes”, and at one point Vesku just walked off stage, forcing his bandmates to go fetch him.

• Zero condition: The singer himself admitted he’d been drinking like an idiot instead of sipping responsibly. It showed and sounded in every single note.
• The crowd sang for the band: It’s never a good sign when most of the time you have to shout and sing yourself because the frontman can’t stay upright or forgets the lyrics.
• The band’s frustration: You could see the disappointment written all over the musicians’ faces. There they were, pros stuck on stage while their own frontman was on the verge of passing out.

How to Move Forward? A Guide for Fans and the Band

This was, as Vesku himself put it, “the world's worst tour start”. But now let’s talk about what we learn from this and how to act – in other words, how to use the Klamydia show at Vantaa’s Tulisuudelma – read: how to handle this disaster and avoid it in the future.

One thing’s for sure: headbutting a brick wall isn’t a sustainable strategy. Even though Vesku is a legend and mistakes happen, fans don’t easily forget if they travelled 600 kilometres to see this show. Luckily, for the next night at Köyliö’s Lallinen, they promised to show up “a bit more sober”. That’s the only right direction.

My own recommendation – this Klamydia show at Vantaa’s Tulisuudelma guide – is clear: Vesku, now’s the time to be humble, buy a round for all those who kept shouting for you, and deliver such a tight set that your eternal classic status stays intact. Punk’s not dead, but stumbling around drunk on stage is starting to be a pretty dead thing.

In the end, I have to say that even though the night was a letdown for many, there’s a tragicomic undertone to all this. Vesku himself summed it up best: “I’ve done 3000 gigs well. So if one mistake happens now, what the hell can you do about it?” Well, you can’t do anything, but now just forget the flop and focus on why we all love Klamydia. The next show at Lallinen is under pressure, but hopefully they’ll pull off a 6-0 victory there.